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Re: Political 180

Originally Posted by Intransigent Atheist

Anyone hear ever done a political 180?

Nope. I have eased back and forth on some issues but haven't really done a 180. I'm liberal on some issues and conservative on others. I don't believe in the Party system which is why I list myself as an Independant. People are just too varied to be subscribed to ONE party.

I have an answer for everything...you may not like the answer or it may not satisfy your curiosity..but it will still be an answer. ~ Kal'Stang

Re: Other

Originally Posted by Agnapostate

Yes, I was not only an extreme Christian rightists and social reactionary, but a a Christian Reconstructionist who favored the restoration of Old Testament law as well as the use of military force to establish Christendom in conjunction with the theocratic kingdoms of the Bible. My views were almost parallel with those of the Calvinist theologion Rousas John Rushdoony, who I still regard as a rather interesting figure. My political apostasy was in many ways joined at the hip with my religious apostasy; I was a standard rightist "libertarian" as most people in the U.S. would define it, then was a social democrat, and eventually shifted into anarchism.

Re: Political 180

Originally Posted by RightOfCenter

lol. Ask around about me, buddy. You'll find people on both sides of the aisle on this site that would say I'm one of the most reasonable posters on this site. It's just that I only attack retarded posters.

Riiiight. Your willingness to engage in personal attacks tells everything that we need to know about how "reasonable" you are.
How old are you anyway?

Re: Political 180

I started out as a hard core Democrat. As I got older I became a neocon'ish conservative under Regan. After the disaster of Bush, I moved closer to the right fiscally and more moderate socially.

So here I am a social moderate and fiscal conservative.

Someplace in the middle like the majority.

Same here, although I started out a bit more to the right and have adjusted some of my social views after rejecting religion about 25 years ago. I'm still a somewhat right-leaning social moderate and a strong fiscal conservative, but I don't think I've ever done a 180 by any means. Maybe a 45.

There is nothing demonstrably true that religion can provide the world that cannot be achieved more rationally through entirely secular means.

Re: Other

Originally Posted by Agnapostate

Social democracy isn't "moderate"? News to me.

It's all relative; Social democracy as you define it is not relatively moderate, considering that you consider Bernie Sanders, who is seen as something of an extremist, the only legitimate Social democrat in national American politics.

But even that is certainly very moderate compared to both your original and current views.